Director of Advancement
Bachelor of Science in Geology, Smith College
Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction, King’s College
Mrs. Kim McNulty was named the Director of Advancement in 2011 after serving as MMI’s Director of Admissions and Financial Aid from 2007-2011. In her current position, she is responsible for all of MMI’s fundraising efforts and alumni relations. This includes leadership over the Annual Fund Campaign, Endowment Giving, Corporate Giving, Planned Giving, MMI’s Annual Day of Giving, and The Jake Kislan ’56 Memorial Golf Tournament. She also oversees all of MMI’s alumni events, such as Alumni Weekend, The Wall of Fame and Distinguished Young Alumni Awards, Mid-Winter Social, class reunions, and many of the MMI community’s other social events.
Prior to joining the MMI family, Mrs. McNulty spent nine years as an Assistant Athletic Director and the Sports Information Director at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY. USMMA is one of the five federal service academies and the Mariners Athletic Program competed at the NCAA Division III level. As an Assistant Athletic Director, her responsibilities included all scheduling, travel, NCAA compliance, and administration pertaining to the men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, softball, and volleyball teams. In her role as the Sports Information Director, Mrs. McNulty oversaw all marketing, media relations, and home event management for a 27-sport collegiate athletic program. She also ran all marketing events at all Academy home games such as securing local corporate sponsorship, executing student contests, and implementing special community days. During her tenure at Kings Point, Mrs. McNulty also was the Director of Media at the NCAA Division I Mens’ Swimming Championships (2004), the Skyline Athletic Conference Publicist (2001-2004), and the Media Director at the NCAA Division I Womens’ Swimming Championships (2001).
Mrs. McNulty was a collegiate athlete as a member of Smith’s varsity soccer and softball teams. She coached boys’ varsity soccer at South Hadley High School, girls’ varsity soccer at MMI, and was an assistant softball coach at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.
Her current community service includes being a member of the CAN DO Board of Directors, the immediate past Chair of the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, a member of the Civic Partnership Board of Directors, a member of the Greater Hazleton United Way Allocation Panel, and the Chair of the Chamber’s Women’s Networking Committee. She is a Hazleton Rotarian, and oversees their High School Essay Competition and Scholarship programs. Mrs. McNulty was a six-year member of the St. Ignatius Catholic Church Parish Council, was the Parish Council Chair in 2022-2023, and is now a member of the Parish’s Finance Council and weekly Lector. From 2010-2016, Mrs. McNulty was a member of the Wyoming Valley Montessori School Board of Trustees, serving as President from 2013-2015. She additionally served as the CAN DO Board of Directors’ Educational Representative from MMI for nine years from 2009-2018, and was a member of the CAN BE Committee. She is active in the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and the National Association of Independent School (NAIS), attending their School Leadership Institute in 2015 and numerous national conferences sponsored by both organizations. She was a 2017 Hazleton YWCA PEARL Award recipient.
Mrs. McNulty resides in Forty Fort with her husband, Tim. Her son, Kevin, is a member of MMI’s Class of 2021 and attends the Rochester Institute of Technology.